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caliphate Definition

ca·liph·ate (kā′lə fət, kal′ə fāt′)

noun

  1. the rank or reign of a caliph
  2. the land ruled by a caliph

caliphate Usage Examples

Preposition: of

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Converse of object

  • establish: All have been part of Mr. Basayev's declared goal to establish an Islamic caliphate, uniting the northern Caucasus in secession from Russia.
  • claim: That opened the door for him to claim the Caliphate, opposing Yazid.
  • restore: His aim of restoring an Islamic caliphate whose capital would be in Baghdad is in ideological conflict with present day Iraq.
  • want: After pretending to not want the Caliphate, once the title was given, he clung to it with all his life's force.
  • abolish: And this bourgeois-nationalist government of Turkey has found it necessary to abolish the caliphate.

Preposition: at

  • beginning: Since the demise of the Caliphate at the beginning of this century, women have been receding from this important role.

Adjective modifier

  • Islamic: His aim of restoring an Islamic caliphate whose capital would be in Baghdad is in ideological conflict with present day Iraq.
  • Arab: McMahon's reply was somewhat non-committal save with respect to a restored Arab Caliphate.
  • eternal: Nazis aimed for their Thousand-Year Reich, while Islamists aim for their eternal Caliphate.
  • eastern: Turning now to the dependencies of the Empire, we note that Spain was during this reign finally detached from the eastern Caliphate.